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Ahmadi Muslims have been in the country since the 1960s. There are two Ahmadiyya mosques in the Republic of Ireland, one in Galway City, named the Galway Mosque, and one in Lucan, Dublin. The Galway Mosque is purpose built. [21] [22] Most Ahmadi Muslims in Ireland are refugees from countries where they are persecuted.
Islam is the third largest religion in Ireland constituting only 1.62% of the country's population. [27] There are 83,300 [28] practising Muslims living in Ireland and approximately 50 mosques and prayer centres within the State. There is more than one mosque or prayer centre in each province. [27]
Though a small number of Muslims already lived in what became Northern Ireland in 1921, the bulk of Muslims in Northern Ireland today come from families who immigrated during the late 20th century. At the time of the 2001 Census there were 1,943 living in Northern Ireland, [3] though The 2021 census recorded 10,870 Muslims in Northern Ireland. [4]
The Muslim population in Europe is extremely diverse with varied histories and origins. [4] [5] [6] Today, the Muslim-majority regions of Europe include several countries in the Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and the European part of Turkey), some Russian republics in the North Caucasus and the Idel-Ural region, and the European part of Kazakhstan.
The organisation analysed, as part of the annual No2H8 campaign, the opinions of 750 Muslims across the UK eight weeks after disorder broke out in parts of England and Northern Ireland following ...
About 15% of Muslims reside in Sub-Saharan Africa, [28] [page needed] [13] [29] and sizeable Muslim communities are also found in the Americas, Russia, China and Europe. [ 11 ] Western Europe hosts many Muslim immigrant communities where Islam is the second-largest religion after Christianity , where it represents 6% of the total population or ...
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.
Countries and territories with a considerable proportion of Muslims from Islam by country as of 2010, excluding foreign workers in brackets: Data is based on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life [26] Muslim Percentage by country, 2020 Maldives 100% [27] Mauritania 99.9% [28] Gaza Strip 99.9% [29] Morocco 99.9% [30]